Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 8 - Integration Techniques, L'Hopital's Rule, and Improper Integrals - Review Exercises - Page 579: 47

Answer

$$\int {{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^n}} dx = x{\left( {\ln x} \right)^n} - n\int {{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^{n - 1}}dx} $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^n}} dx \cr & {\text{Use integration by parts}} \cr & u = {\left( {\ln u} \right)^n},{\text{ }}du = n{\left( {\ln x} \right)^{n - 1}}\left( {\frac{1}{x}} \right)dx \cr & dv = du,{\text{ }}v = u \cr & \int {udv} = uv - \int {vdu} \cr & {\text{Substituting}} \cr & \int {{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^n}} dx = x{\left( {\ln x} \right)^n} - \int {xn{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^{n - 1}}\left( {\frac{1}{x}} \right)dx} \cr & \int {{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^n}} dx = x{\left( {\ln x} \right)^n} - \int {n{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^{n - 1}}dx} \cr & \int {{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^n}} dx = x{\left( {\ln x} \right)^n} - n\int {{{\left( {\ln x} \right)}^{n - 1}}dx} \cr} $$
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